5.75/10
This was fun but couldn’t wash the taste of the original outta my mouth(eyes?) to a degree that I could accept this as it’s own entity. It was too similar to the original without venturing out to do its own thing. I did love a lot about it but felt like it didn’t necessarily warrant its own existence. It explores the death and grief elements the same as its original 1989 predecessor but felt it was much more subdued. When a grieving family is haunted by an otherworldly burial ground, strange and horrible things begin to happen.
Loved the ending and John Lithgow (though, I would’ve preferred that Stephen King, Maine accent). Appreciated the enhanced and slightly updated atmosphere and budgetary delights but again, treading old (sour) ground. Hated that it was unremarkable or notably its own thing. As an adaptation of the book, I thought it was fairly solid.
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